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List of Japanese snacks

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This is a list of Japanese snacks (お菓子, okashi) and finger foods. It includes both brand name and generic snacks.

Types

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Anko, or sweet bean paste

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Anko is a kind of sweet bean paste.[1] Anko is mainly eaten during the afternoon green tea time in Japan. School students eat it after school, at home.

Bean

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Beans with salt are mainly taken with beer in the evening.

Bread/Wheat Flour

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generic
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Candy

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generic
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Cake

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Chewing gum

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Corn

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Chocolate

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generic
  • Matcha chocolate - chocolate containing matcha
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Ice cream & shaved ice

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generic
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Potato

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generic
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Rice

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generic
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    Small onigiris convenient for snacks
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    In Sengoku period and Edo period, onigiris were often wrapped in bamboo skin when they were carried. Bamboo skin has an antibacterial effect and keeps rice balls longer.
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    Modern onigiris wrapped in a small, transparent plastic bag

Rice based snacks are known as beika (米菓).

See also: Wagashi
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Seafood

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Street foods

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Grilling yakitori

Mixed and other

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Producers

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "How to Make Anko (Red Bean Paste) 餡子". 10 March 2020.
  2. ^ Stanlaw, James. Japanese English: Language and Culture Contact, page 201. Hong Kong University Press. Hong Kong.
  3. ^ "アイス | 【公式】江崎グリコ(Glico)".
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